Tony

Tony tells the story of Anthony Bourdain’s metamorphosis, from callow youth to not-so-callow youth. This is no-soup-to-nuts biography but a strictly Bourdain: the Early Years offer, caterpillar to chrysalis, if you like, both of which the older, omnivorous Bourdain would doubtless have eaten on camera. Even if you don’t know Bourdain there is something for you here – the tender story of a boy becoming a man, a punk growing up, a rebellious youth realising he’s actually being a bit of a twat with his relentless smartassery. If you do know Bourdain, there is also something here, because Tony covers the pre-fame Bourdain, before the book Kitchen Confidential rocketed him into a new … Read more